versipellis
Latin
FWOTD – 31 January 2024
Alternative forms
Etymology
Etymology tree
From vertō (“turn”) + pellis (“skin, hide”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛr.sɪˈpɛl.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ver.siˈpɛl.lis]
Adjective
versipellis (neuter versipelle); third-declension two-termination adjective
- shape-shifting, capable of transforming itself or altering its appearance
- (figuratively) sly, cunning, crafty
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | versipellis | versipelle | versipellēs | versipellia | |
| genitive | versipellis | versipellium | |||
| dative | versipellī | versipellibus | |||
| accusative | versipellem | versipelle | versipellīs versipellēs |
versipellia | |
| ablative | versipellī | versipellibus | |||
| vocative | versipellis | versipelle | versipellēs | versipellia | |
Descendants
- → Italian: versipelle (learned)
Noun
versipellis m (genitive versipellis); third declension
- (fantasy, mythology) a werewolf, lycanthrope
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | versipellis | versipellēs |
| genitive | versipellis | versipellium |
| dative | versipellī | versipellibus |
| accusative | versipellem | versipellēs versipellīs |
| ablative | versipelle | versipellibus |
| vocative | versipellis | versipellēs |
Descendants
- → Italian: versipelle (learned)
References
- “versipellis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “versipellis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “versipellis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers